Dear friends,

Making an album is a journey across mountains and valleys of moods and emotions. Sometimes the sessions are pure flow, joyful, easy and inspired. And, of course, on other days the creative process is like pulling hairs. Agonizing, depressing, and seemingly impossible. I always see my weaknesses as a musician and, on the other side of the coin, how ridiculously self-critical I am. And sometimes I’m amazed and inspired by my own seemingly endless well of inspiration. Where does it come from? Well, I have no question about that. It’s a direct gift from my Guru…. Hopefully, through it all, I can learn and grow as a musician, but more importantly as a human being crawling along the path of spirit and love.

Anyway, just like every album seems to have its own flavor, the process of making the albums is also quite different from one to the other. And the weird part is that the final ‘product’ doesn’t always seem to reflect the moods that went into making it. Some albums that were torturous to create sound sweet and joyful, while some of the ones that were super easy sound kind of tortured. At least to my ‘unbiased’ ears.

To read more, visit the special Queen of Hearts page where you can listen, pre-order the album, watch behind-the-scenes videos, read stories, and more.

May the blessings of the Queen of Hearts rain down upon us all!!!!!

Jai signature

P.S. To celebrate the Queen of Hearts release, I’ll be playing at Yoshi’s in San Francisco on Wednesday, September 14 … with a reggae-kirtan band!!! More details to come.

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